IJE Advance Access originally published online on July 28, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(4):717-718; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh235
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Commentary: On reappraisal of adult mortality
Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, Delhi 110 007, India. E-mail: mari@ieg.ernet.in
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Due to the development of indirect estimation methods for estimating infant and child mortality from some simple questions asked routinely in censuses and surveys, and collection of detailed birth histories in some sample surveys, there has been marked improvement in the information on levels and trends in child mortality in the developing world.1 But unfortunately, the same cannot be said about levels and trends in adult mortality. In recent years, the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS epidemic has brought the paucity of data on adult mortality into